Please report all spam threads, posts and suspicious members. We receive spam notifications and will take immediate action!

If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Re: Z77 Extreme4 - No front audio

Does that board's BIOS have separate HD Audio and Front Panel HD Audio options? If either of these options has an Enabled rather than Auto setting, select Enabled.

What audio source are you using? You could have three or more audio sources in your PC, depending on the configuration.

One is the board's onboard audio chip. Second is the onboard video (Intel) which also has an audio capability. Third is a video card that has audio capability as well. A separate sound card would add a fourth source.

What type of connection to your board does your PC case have? Before HD audio there was "AC 97", which has a different connector pin output. Some PC cases have both connectors on the front panel audio cable, labeled as HD or AC 97. What PC case are you using?

You mentioned a card reader with headphone jacks, how is that connected to your board's audio, or other audio source?

What is the default audio device selected in the Windows Sound configuration option?

When you connect headphones to a headphone jack, that should be recognized by Windows, just like connecting speakers to the speaker outputs on a board will be recognized. If it is not, then you need to check everything from your selected audio source, to the audio output connection. There's more to that than simply the BIOS settings.

Re: Z77 Extreme4 - No front audio

I tried using the audio drivers from the Asrock website and it started working. It must not have liked the windows 8.1 update drivers. Never had problems with them before, but apparently they don't support front panel audio.